Land rights are essentially political issues; but where women’s land rights are concerned, the solutions take on a legal dimension.

Article details the diversity of outcomes and arrangements falling under the blanket term ‘land grab,’ examining transfers of ownership and control of land and the implications of political processes as reflected in land policy

« Pour la première fois, un rapport international identifie le carbone dans les causes qui concourent à la course à la terre », selon Alain Karsenty

The following report, by independent researcher Anna Bolin, explores the global trends and influences at work behind agriculture mega-projects like MIFEE in Papua.

New book explains the reasons behind the land grab phenomenon and why so many Ethiopians are not only alarmed but also adamantly opposed to it.

A group of institutional investors representing US$1.3 trillion in assets have today launched the Principles for Responsible Investment in Farmland (the “Farmland Principles”).

The debate on large scale land acquisition in Tanzania is far from over as there is a changing dynamic now as local investors team up in joint venture with foreign investors and we are made to believe that since we have one of our own in the investment venture our interests are taken care of.

Les expulsions de familles malgaches des terres sur lesquelles elles vivent, souvent depuis plusieurs générations, sont de plus en plus fréquentes et massives. Cette situation est devenue intolérable à Madagascar.

Villagers vow to resist as wildlife vanishes and they are driven from their land to make way for water-thirsty crops.

While Brazil touts its efforts to slow destruction of the Amazon, another biodiverse region of the country is being cleared for large-scale farming. But unlike the heralded rainforest it borders, the loss of the cerrado and its rich tropical savanna so far has failed to attract much notice.

"Nous appelons à une grande mobilisation pour stopper l’accaparement des terres et appuyer les luttes paysannes locales."

« Un étranger s’installe au Brésil et peut acheter la quantité de terre qu’il veut. Dans le même temps, il y a 4,2 millions de familles qui n’ont pas accès à la terre, c’est-à-dire plus de 12 millions de personnes, » signale Gilberto Portes

States and mega-corporations are snapping up cheap land to produce food and making money at the expense of people in host countries.

"We support continued efforts to develop principles for investment in the agricultural sector undertaken by the World Bank, regional development banks, FAO, UNCTAD, and IFAD," say G8 heads of state.

En privant effectivement les paysans locaux de leurs terres et en perpétuant souvent « des méthodes agricoles nuisibles à l’environnement », cette évolution menace d’avoir des conséquences très négatives pour les petits exploitants, et en particulier les femmes

Do we or do we not want to promote Arab agricultural integration and to foster inter Arab investments in farming?

The recent large-scale acquisition of land in Kenya and in Africa in general happens on murky terrain as governments negotiate behind closed doors.

Call for papers for an international conference to be held at Groningen University, Netherlands, 28-29 October 2010.

Accaparement des terres - cas du Kenya - par AGTER

Accaparement des terres - cas du Cambodge - par AGTER

Accaparement des terres - le cas de l'Afrique du Sud - par AGTER

Pour équilibrer leurs comptes, les fonds spéculatifs et les fonds souverains raflent des millions de terres arables et cultivables dans les Pays ACP (Afrique, Caraïbes, Pacifique) et dans les PED (Pays En Développement).

Land grabbing by transnational capital must stop.

If the moratorium on agricultural land sale is lifted, rich multinational corporations will buy and it will be legislatively impossible to strip them of lands that could be used for feeding Ukrainians.

Que la re-africanisation de l'agriculture africaine soit menée par les entreprises étrangères ne me dérange pas

En quête de moyens financiers pour développer leur agriculture, les Etats africains sont prêts à céder leur foncier à des investisseurs privés. Ce qui conduit à déstabiliser les paysanneries locales, incapables de faire valoir leurs droits faute de titres de propriété.

On the eastern coast of Kenya, controversy erupts over plans to turn a biodiversity hotspot into farmland for Qatar.

THE overthrow of Madagascar’s president in mid-March was partly caused by water problems — in South Korea.

Agriculture opportunities are accessed through land purchase (for production of foodstuffs or, more recently, biofuels), through equity investments in companies associated with this theme or – as is the case for £143m Ceres Agriculture fund – through pure derivative strategies.

Nowadays, the concern of the Malagasy governement is focused on how to attract foreign private investments. The new Malagasy investment law, Act 2007-036 of January 14th, 2008, has brought a very key change concerning the possibility for foreigners to own their land in Madagascar